2nd International Conference ?Fresh Fruit Category: Citrus?

The Conference ?Fresh Fruit Category: Citrus? arranged by Information Agency ?FruitNews? and ?ITE Moscow? Company will take place in Moscow, Russia on September 18 at Food Forum of WorldFood 2013 Trade Show. Being the second event of this series ?Fresh Fruit Category: Citrus? Conference is expected to confirm its status of the international citrus industry meeting not only by the number and origin of its participants, but also by the variety of topics that are planned for discussion at the event. Significant attention to this Conference is caused by importance of citrus category as large and meaningful category of the fresh produce market. The Conference participants this year will have a chance not only to exchange their opinions with colleagues in the citrus industry, develop new and maintain existing business contacts, but also to see this category?s peculiarities through the eyes of the Russian retail business, as well as to learn which aspects of citrus category are the most important for Russian consumers. Citrus is the largest imported fruit category in Russia. In 2012 import of citrus fruit has reached 1580 thousand MT, which represents 17.7% of the total fresh produce imports to this country. The largest countries - citrus exporters to Russia were Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, China and Spain. The results of the 2012 Russian Citrus Conference also support the topicality of this market segment issues. Thus, 92% of 2012 Conference participants rated the event organization as ?good? or ?perfect? and 85% - mentioned that they are planning to take part in the future events of the series. Information Agency ?FruitNews? and ?ITE Moscow? Company invite industry specialists, representatives of import companies, retailers and wholesalers, producers, exporters, as well as professionals of logistics and packaging sectors to visit the event, to become its partners and participants. The Conference program includes the following topics and sections: ? Overview of the Russian citrus market situation, supply structure, major exporting countries and recent tendencies; ? Evaluation of the possibility for Georgian citrus to return to Russia; ? Presentation of research of Russian consumer preferences related to citrus fruit selection; ? Discussion of specifics of citrus fruit related to import procedures and transportation; ? Panel discussion ?Citrus Category in Retail?; ? Business lunch - opportunity of informal communication, development and maintenance of business contacts between the event participants. To find more information and to register for the event please visit the ?Fresh Fruit Category: Citrus? Conference webpage at FruitNews.ru website by the link - http://www.fruitnews.ru/Events/Citrus-Conference-2013, the page of WorldFood 2013 Food Forum - http://www.world-food.ru/World-Food-Moscow/Events/Food-Forum.aspx, or contact the offices of ?FruitNews? Information Agency and ?ITE Moscow? Company. Contact information:IA ?FruitNews?Phone: +7 (495) 729-3080Fax: +7 (495) 989-2670E-mail: info@fruitnews.ru